Midterm (1)
Why did he come here? Aiden checked through the hole in the door once more. Obviously, Noah Park was standing alone in front of the door.
If I leave it like this, I’ll hold my breath and wait for a while to see if I can go.
[-Open it~.]
thump thump.
Then, like a ghost, Noah Park began to knock on the door as if she knew everything inside.
Aiden tried to ignore it, but eventually opened the door. In front of the open door, Noah Park was smiling. Her long black hair was neatly tied, and she was wearing a sweatshirt.
“Ellen. Why are you opening so late?
“…was washing.”
“Uh, is it?”
Noah Park looked at Aiden’s wet hair as she entered.
“But why did you come?”
When Aiden asked, Noah Park sat down on the bed, not paying attention. She and she hugged a long pillow that was nearby.
“Do you really need to come to your friend’s room?”
“Where is Arwell going?”
“Because I was sleepy, I went to bed first. I came to play because I was bored.”
“I’d be bored even here. I’m going to study now.”
Aiden did not hide his uncomfortable tee in front of Noah Park, who was sitting on the bed. Noah Park sighed as if she was familiar with that attitude, grabbed Aiden’s arm and pulled her onto the bed.
“More than that, sit down instead of standing like that!”
At that moment, Aiden’s body, which had been dragged powerlessly, was engulfed in muscle pain. A reflex, a voice leaked out of Aiden’s mouth.
“Hey, ugh…!”
“Why, why?”
“Ouch-!”
When Aiden twisted and hurt, Park Noah panicked and immediately put her arm away. Aiden fell on the bed and bit his molars tightly as his muscle pain ran through his body.
It hurts to be sick, but it hurt my pride to show this in front of Noah Park.
‘Is muscle pain so painful?!’
It was the kind of pain I experienced for the first time in my life.
“I didn’t grab it that hard…”
Park Noah was puzzled and reached out for Aiden’s body, then realized something strange. The flesh, which had always been soft, was tightly packed. It was something he was familiar with.
Park Noah asked with a hopeful feeling.
“…muscle pain? Ellen, do you really exercise?”
“Ha-. Can’t I exercise?”
“You didn’t even tell me to do it before. What wind blew?”
“No? I’ve been exercising since the beginning.”
As Aiden retorted, Noah Park grabbed her clasped arms as if to keep her mouth shut.
“Wow, pole…! What are you doing!”
“What you say has not changed from the old days.”
“So, what are you going to do now?”
There was no answer to that question. Aiden began to feel a strong force in his gripped arm. He resisted wildly, but to no avail because of the large power gap between them.
Noah Park turned Aiden’s body, forced her to lie down on her face, and climbed onto it.
“Well, that’s Ellen’s charm.”
Then, with both hands, he gave strength to Aiden’s back and swept it up.
“Woo.
Aiden, who had rebelled to the end, lost all strength in his body as a gentle hand caressing his tense muscles. He let out a pleasant breath involuntarily.
‘what. Why are you good at massages…?’
I really hate to admit it, but it was a skill that I had no choice but to admit.
As if peeking into Aiden’s thoughts, Park Noah continued to unravel the clumps in every nook and cranny.
“After Rihann has been transformed into a weapon for a long time, his body feels stiff. As he loosens it each time, he naturally becomes proficient.”
“…well, it’s not that bad.”
Saying that, Aiden gently moved her arm to make it easier for Park Noah to knead her.
“Exercise is good, but it’s also important to loosen up your muscles like this. You’re weak, so it’s probably better. Now, that’s enough.”
After a while, Noah Park got away from her back and Aiden slowly got up. The pain he felt every time he moved didn’t feel like a lie. Rather, I feel lighter than before.
Aiden rubbed his forearm and said quietly.
“···thanks.”
“Hey, what are you doing with your friends?”
Aiden came to admit Park Noah a little through her previous conversation with Seo Ji-han. Unlike herself, she has the power to lead people. That’s why she naturally follows people around her.
…but apart from that, it was still gritty.
complex. If it were just that, it wouldn’t do it.
Aiden looked at Noah Park, who was smiling in front of her. This is because a person who usually looks like that at some point behaves cruelly as if turning over his palm.
‘···I can’t get it right.’
She grew up together in the tower when she was young. So, she is well aware of her past.
Noah Park felt pity when she saw an animal that was injured, but when the time came to kill such an animal, she cried first when she cried. And he killed him without hesitation.
Aiden felt alienated by Noah Park’s actions.
At the same time, it was scary.
Aiden, too, has grown up seeing things he can’t see since he was young, so he could say that he was not afraid. Even now, tearing out the wizard was enough to watch without any problems.
However, the fear of Noah Park came from physiological things.
The other children followed her saying that Noah Park was cool, but at least it wasn’t her. Maybe it was because Aiden was not a person to follow by nature.
“Ellen. Shall I brush my hair after a long time?”
Aiden turned around and left Noah Park to tidy up her messy hair. Noah Park gently stroked Aiden’s silver hair with a comb placed near her.
“It’s soft. I also like my hair.”
“It’s the same with Noah Park.”
“Ahh. Yeah?”
Aiden used to think about the same conversation with Noah Park very often. If Noah Park had always been like this, I wonder if her relationship would have been different.
‘…but it must have been difficult.’
Physiological fear is not the only reason.
I’ve changed my mind now, but when I heard that Noah Park was coming to Yoosung Academy, I had a reason to gather people like Seo Ji-han and form a force.
Just to graduate from Yoosung Academy safely.
It’s a secret I haven’t told anyone.
Since childhood, there was a time when Park Noah’s followers nearly killed him.
“right!”
As I had learned before, I avoided attacks that spread with minimal movement. Then, naturally, he turned around and swung his elbow against his opponent’s chin.
“Wow, it’s finally here.”
I stopped my elbow near Oh Yun-seong’s chin. How many times have you tried this to succeed?
“You sure have good eyes.”
“Good job. Thank you for continuing to deal with me.”
Oh Yun-seong always pays attention to the fact that one has to be sincere to improve his skills, so he did his best in every attack he gave to me.
Of course it didn’t fit. I have good eyesight, and I know that an attack is coming. However, since the purpose of this exercise is to avoid it with a minimum of movement, it has failed many times and has been repeated until now.
I kept thinking about moving my head slightly, but I had no choice but to shrink and avoid it. It must be so, how can you not be afraid to hear the sound of the raging wind in your ears and even feel the wind pressure on your cheeks…
Still, it worked out in the end. It was not even a battle, so the perks were not activated, so it was a bigger achievement for me.
Oh Yoon-seong said as he lowered his folded sleeves.
“You have good eyes, so you can react to any attack. But to use it usefully, your body needs to support it. Starting there is the minimum movement. Don’t be afraid of the attack and watch until the end.”
That’s right. Even the moment it takes to pick up a weapon is a long time in an emergency. It was the most necessary exercise for me, who frequently changes weapons.
I wiped my sweat and drank the water I brought.
Whoa. Deer antler juice to drink while moving the body is the best.
‘Now is the time to see the effect.’
If you take a supplement to the end, it will be effective, and if you stop taking it midway, it will not have any effect. So, even if Aiden didn’t like it, he was forced to feed it every day.
By the way, it was a wizard from the Yoosung Academy who refined this elixir. I was able to get an introduction to who is a talented wizard in this field by asking the seniors who came to see her.
Although the wizard’s name does not appear in the original story, he was an expert in the manufacture of medicines, such as potions sold in stores.
I asked the wizard for refining in return for giving him permission to investigate Sum-i and giving him a portion of the elixir. It was an opportunity for the wizard to deal with the elixir, so he willingly accepted it because there was nothing to lose.
‘Thanks to you, the money was solid.’
I shook my head and looked around. …More
It was only me, Yoon-seong Oh, and, surprisingly, Yoon-ha Oh who took part in the physical education class. The other B and C class aspiring heroes were all dozing off or dozing as if they had come to rest.
There was a reason that chess was just before closing.
…and it was the same with the instructor.
On the desk in the far corner, the instructor was sleeping next to the aspiring hero. After showing the explanation and demonstration once, he said it was self-study, and he continued to do that.
In the words of Oh Yun-seong, he recently went on a mission to attack the gate and intends to use this lecture to take a break.
‘Ugh. I’m not going to take my paycheck and eat it like that.’
Gonna have to stab it soon I can’t see sucking honey like that, even as long as the physical arts are closed. I’m glad that Yoon-seong Oh is coaching me.
At that time, Oh Yun-ha, who was moving alone, approached.
After ‘Attack of the Necromancer’, Oh Yoon-ha’s trademark star-shaped eyes became clearer. Every time her eyes met, the onomatopoeic word ‘twinkle twinkle’ came to mind.
However, his personality was not that strong, but rather, he looked more serious and mature. When she heard the story, she said that her relationship with Park Noah also subtly improved.
“Are you going to explore these days?”
“I do go out whenever I have time. Why?”
“No. I think you’ve finished your studies.”
what study? Then, Yoon-Sung Oh nodded and helped out.
“That’s right. I wanted to ask too. As long as Instructor Layette has suffered bad things, the new class will be on hold for now, so you’ll have to go up to Class A yourself. Do you remember that the weight of theory increased?”
“Yeah, of course I know. Well, can’t we just start cramming it next week?”
“···yes?”
“Why? What’s the reaction?”
Oh Yoon-ha tilted her head and said.
“Is the midterm exam next week?”
“What are you talking about. How many months have passed since the exam…”
I counted the time slowly. I had dinner with Ryu Seo-yeon last week, and took Deo three weeks ago…
Come to think of it, the Necromancer’s attack already happened a month ago.
uh.
···Huh???
When I realized this, I felt goosebumps all over my body.
‘Isn’t this fucked up?’
